LSM to open Artdocfest / Riga film program online with conversations on the red carpet and the film screening / Article

The international documentary film festival will take place live on September 3 at 6 pm on the public media portal LSM.lv from “Splendid Palace” “Artdocfest/Riga” opening of the public program. The festival will be opened by conversations on the red carpet with filmmakers and representatives of the domestic film industry, after which the film will be shown on the portal LSM.lv “Mom, come to visit”. –

Critics and journalist Daira Āboliņa will invite film professionals to the talks. Among the guests will be directors Alise Zariņa, Viesturs Kairišs, Dzintra Geka and others.

Celebrating the opening of the festival program, one of the films of the “Artdocfest / Riga” program will be available on the portal LSM.lv – a short film created by the Russian director Anna Artemjeva in 2020.Mom, come to visit”. This is the story of the divorce of a mother and her 3-year-old daughter. Everyone lives in a different country, and visa problems prevent the mother and daughter from being together. Every day they communicate in a video chat and dream of a meeting soon.

The film is not recommended for viewers under 18 years of age. It will be broadcast in Russian with English subtitles. The film will be available on the portal until September 6, 6.30 pm and can be viewed only in the territory of Latvia.

During the week, the Splendid Palace cinema will be able to watch 30 films during the week, as well as meet the authors of 14 films. Impression program available on the festival website. “Artdocfest” was founded in Russia in 2007 by director Vitalijs Manskis, who later moved to Latvia and brought the festival with him. Since 2020, the festival has been held independently of other cinema events, becoming an important reference point for cultural and documentary cinema in the Baltic and Eastern European region.

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